Background of the issue:
I am trying to improve the speed of my site, which is quite slow. I found that WPML uses 96 queries and String Translation uses another 18 queries. I have gone through the settings and disabled all features, but I still see this quantity of queries. The issue can be seen on this page: hidden link
Symptoms:
The site is slow due to a high number of database queries from WPML and String Translation.
Questions:
Why is the number of database queries so high?
How can I reduce the number of queries to improve site speed?
WPML plugins shouldn't have any impact on the performance of your site but the number of queries will depend on the number of active languages and the configuration, like ACF, options, etc that also need to be loaded for each language.
I'd recommend contacting your hosting providers and asking them to increase the MaxInputVars value from 1000 to 10000 then double-check if the issue disappeared.